In the final round of an ongoing battle for Punjab, incumbent Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz and challenger Chaudhry Pervez Elahi are squaring up for a runoff poll. Who will surface the winner? Keep watching this space for updates as the situation develops.
By Ahmer Kureishi
ISLAMABAD: Stop gap measures aside, Pakistan cannot puts its economy in order without first plugging runaway elite capture, says Pakistani-American economist Atif Rehman Mian, the first person of Pakistani origin to rank among the top 25 young economists of the world.
By Mohammad Ali
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has until August 11 to raise USD 4 billion in financing from other sources before the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) can consider revival of a stalled multibillion-dollar bailout program for the country, Independent Pakistan can report.
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Tuesday used his platform as the head of a three-member bench of the country’s apex court to urge former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to return to the National Assembly and play its role in legislation in the national interest.
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: Ceased with probing alleged abuse of power and sexual harassment by a former chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB), a powerful parliamentary committee says current and former NAB functionaries who think they can flout its authority will be brought to heel through the police.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: While the economic repercussions of Pakistan’s developing political situation are yet to materialise, recent reports from two of the world’s top credit rating agencies show how the country’s internal politics figures in their calculus.
By Riaz Missen
ISLAMABAD: After former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) scored a thumping victory in Sunday’s crucial by-election in the Punjab province, all eyes are on whether the provincial government of its archrival Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) can survive.
By Aoun Hussain
ISLAMABAD: Clearly buoyed by his success in clinching a staff-level accord with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the revival of a stalled Fund bailout, Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail Saturday proclaimed at a media conference here that Pakistan had successfully averted default.
By Aoun Hussain
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved a USD 200 million loan to help transform the agriculture sector of Pakistan’s food basket Punjab province.
By Riaz Missen
ISLAMABAD: With the economy bursting at its seams because of double digit inflation that is encroaching on consumer’s purchasing power and pushing suicide and crime rates higher, political rivals have closed their campaign for the mandatory election silence ahead of Sunday’s Punjab by-polls.
